diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 63efb705be..006b5f6686 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -11984,3 +11984,9 @@ David  1 Nov 2006
     client/
         app.C
         app_control.C
+
+David  1 Nov 2006
+	- core client: account manager reply parsing was broken
+
+	client/
+		acct_mgr.C
diff --git a/client/acct_mgr.C b/client/acct_mgr.C
index 63ab3746cc..cccf8036e8 100644
--- a/client/acct_mgr.C
+++ b/client/acct_mgr.C
@@ -266,13 +266,13 @@ int ACCT_MGR_OP::parse(FILE* f) {
             if (retval) return retval;
             continue;
         }
-        if (!strcmp(tag, "<account>")) {
+        if (!strcmp(tag, "account")) {
             AM_ACCOUNT account;
             retval = account.parse(xp);
             if (!retval) accounts.push_back(account);
             continue;
         }
-        if (!strcmp(tag, "<global_preferences>")) {
+        if (!strcmp(tag, "global_preferences")) {
             retval = dup_element_contents(
                 f,
                 "</global_preferences>",
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ int ACCT_MGR_OP::parse(FILE* f) {
             }
             continue;
         }
-        if (xp.parse_str(tag, "<host_venue>", host_venue, sizeof(host_venue))) continue;
+        if (xp.parse_str(tag, "host_venue", host_venue, sizeof(host_venue))) continue;
     }
     return ERR_XML_PARSE;
 }